diff --git a/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx b/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
index 2c32feadf..c8e64cf91 100644
--- a/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default ((userOpts?: Partial<Options>) => {
     cfg,
   }: QuartzComponentProps) => {
     const opts = { ...defaultOptions(cfg), ...userOpts }
-    const pages = allFiles.filter(opts.filter).sort(opts.sort)
+    const pages = allFiles.filter((page) => page.slug !== "index").filter(opts.filter).sort(opts.sort)
     const remaining = Math.max(0, pages.length - opts.limit)
     return (
       <div class={classNames(displayClass, "recent-notes")}>